P&H: Grants Anticipatory Bail in Property Dispute Case, Says Failure to Answer Investigating Agency’s Questions Is Not Non-Cooperation
Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to accused in a case arising out of a property dispute in Faridabad, observing that the matter was essentially civil in nature and that the petitioner had already joined the investigation.
While accused seeking anticipatory bail in an FIR registered under several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution case was that the complainant’s family had earlier purchased the disputed plot through an agreement to sell, while the petitioner and others later executed another agreement in favour of a third party.
The petitioner argued that the criminal case was...
